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Aboveground Biomass High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015

Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

This dataset provides maps of aboveground tidal marsh biomass (g/m2) at 30 m resolution for six estuarine regions of the conterminous United States: Cape Cod, MA; Chesapeake Bay, MD, Everglades, FL; Mississippi Delta, LA; San Francisco Bay, CA; and Puget Sound, WA. Estuarine and palustrine emergent tidal marsh areas were based on a 2010 NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) map. Aboveground biomass maps were generated from a random forest model driven by Landsat vegetation indices and a national scale dataset of field-measured aboveground biomass. The final model, driven by six Landsat vegetation indices, with the soil adjusted vegetation index as the most important, successfully predicted biomass for a range of marsh plant functional types defined by height, leaf angle, and growth form. Biomass can be converted to carbon stocks using a mean plant carbon content of 44.1%.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1879
Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=Tidal_Marsh_Biomass_US_V1-1_1879&ac=true
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Program Code 026:000
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Source Hash 8a70dc7039e8f8846626e7ad6d4f41fd630f9fc91cd7bc7305022e420b0c18b4
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2015-08-01/2015-08-01

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